Category Archives: Drama
The Revenant
Release 2015
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Mark L. Smith, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Michael Punke
Stars: Tom Hardy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/
In the 1820s, a frontiersman named Hugh Glass sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
He Never Died
Release 2015
Genre Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Jason Krawczyk
Stars: Booboo Stewart, Henry Rollins, Steven Ogg, Jordan Todosey, James Cade
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2386404/
Jack, a social outcast, is thrust out of his comfort zone when the outside world bangs on his door and he can't contain his violent past.
Creed
Release 2015
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Director: Ryan Coogler
Writers: Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Sylvester Stallone
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Andre Ward
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658/
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Sicario
Release 2015
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Carol
Release 2015
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Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Phyllis Nagy, Patricia Highsmith
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Brooklyn
Release 2015
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Director: John Crowley
Writers: Nick Hornby, Colm Tóibín
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Hugh Gormley, Brid Brennan, Jim Broadbent, Maeve McGrath
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Room
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Writers: Emma Donoghue
Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson, Sandy McMaster
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/
After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world.
A Walk in the Woods
Release 2015
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Ken Kwapis
Writers: Michael Arndt, Bill Holderman, Bill Bryson
Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178665/
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
The Girl in the Book
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Marya Cohn
Stars: Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Talia Balsam, Ali Ahn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980554/
Set in the world of New York publishing, a young book editor is forced to confront a troubling chapter from her past when a bestselling author re-enters her life.
Chat
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Boris Wexler
Writers: Paul Peditto, Boris Wexler
Stars: Marielle de Rocca-Serra, Roderick Peeples, Joe Mikieta, Caitlin Collins, Cheryl Graeff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2925410/
A father afflicted by photophobia searches for his daughter lost in the world of cybersex chat.